Starting Your Niche Site From Scratch

Starting your very first niche site can seem intimidating, and for people unfamiliar with technology, this can be really discouraging. I am going to do my best in this post to show you what you need to get started with your own domain, hosting, and your WordPress blog (which is going to be as easy to use a Facebook once you are done, I promise.)

One of the biggest mistakes I see first time niche marketers make is thinking they can start with a free blog hosted by Google or WordPress. Little do they know that all it takes is one complaint from a reader that your site is “spam” (and trust me, someone will as you are – gasp – offering an ebook for sale) and your site is GONE without any warning or way to bring it back. Do not let this happen to you!

Instead you need to buy your own hosting (I like hostgator.com as it is under $10 per month for unlimited domains) and domain name (I always use namecheap.com. Always under $10 for unowned domain names.)

First you will want to buy a domain name. This will be the name of your site as it is displayed in your web browser. For example, my domain is “build-niche-websites-fast.com.”

You domain name must:

1. Include your target keyword (example: guinea-pig.com)! After all, this is what your site is about.
2. Be easy to spell and remember.
3. Avoid numbers.

Don’t be afraid to be creative as frequently, a lot of the domain names you might want to get have been already claimed.

Once you find a domain name that you are happy with, buy it! Don’t try to test it out yet using your web browser as it doesn’t point to anything just yet.

Now you will want to buy hosting. This is where you website and all of its files will be stored. Again, I use hostgator and have close to 20 domains. I am very happy with their service overall and I use their CHEAPEST plan. I recommend you do the same. You will never pay more than $10 per month no matter how many domains you want to host.

When you sign up with Host Gator, they should give you the opportunity to link up the domain name you just purchased (there will be clear instructions to follow). Afterwards you will get a confirmation email with your username, password, unique name servers, domain name, etc. I recommend you save this email.

Next, you will want to install WordPress on your domain. Log in to your control panel, if not in already. It should be located at http://yourdomain/cpanel You will be prompted for the username and password Host Gator sent out to you.

Scroll down to the section headed “software/services” and click on Fantastico De Luxe. This software will automate the installation of WordPress and save you 40 minutes at least. All you need to do is select the directory (same as your domain name) and create one username and password (you will use this to log in to your site to creates pages and posts, etc.)

Now You will need to find a WordPress Theme  for your site. Theme’s give your site a distinctive look. I use Niche Profit Classroom’s theme (free for all members) for all of my niche sites, but if you wanted to you could go with a free theme or a different paid theme like Thesis.

Okay, that should be enough to get you started for now.

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How to Pick a Profitable Niche

Once you have decided that yes, niche marketing sounds like something you would enjoy, the next step is to pick a profitable niche. For most people, this can seem a daunting task. However, once you know a few things to look for, this task becomes less intimidating and more exciting.

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1. First and foremost, for your first project it is probably best to avoid overcrowded markets. This includes topics like diet pills, weight loss and dieting, certain types of medical cures, stereotypical love life help like “how to get an ex back,” gambling, anything related to making money off of mortgages, currency trading, and Forex, and methods of boosting website traffic. However, as you become more experienced there is no reason not to try niches in these categories as they ARE popular for a reason – people buy. But, since you are new and just starting out, it makes more sense to look for a different category.

2. Research potential popular niches using Amazon.com. Why Amazon.com? Well for one, Amazon sells books and that is basically hat you intend to do. Secondly, Amazon is probably the most popular online book retailer so the information you find here should reflect a lot of common interests. Third, Amazon give you lots of useful information like reader reviews, sales rank, etc.First of all, remember that you are looking for an “under the radar” niche – a category that seems to have active enthusiastic readers, yet is narrow in topic. Examples might be “Growing Cacti” not “Gardening” – as this is too broad. Another example could be “Caring for Pugs” not “Dogs.” Look for categories with the following qualities – more than one book on the topic (ideally six or more), books with 25 reviews or more, books that are in the top 500,000 sales rank or higher (top selling book should be in the top 50,000 to  100,000′s.) Ideally you want to pick a category where people have a tendency to buy multiple books on the topic because they are simply ravenous for information. (Note: the general wisdom is that if there is not a book on your topic, then your topic should not be pursued. I think this is true in some cases but not all. Trust your gut instinct but also be prepared to work a little harder or risk investing a lot of time in a no-profit area.)

3. Make a short list of potential topics – anywhere from 5 to 10 options.

4. Now go to Clickbank.com and see if anyone is already selling a book on the same topic. Ideally you want to see a couple people doing well selling books on your topic. Look to see the average “gravity” and “average % referred” for each book. What do these numbers tell you? They tell you if the products are selling and it also shows you how likely affiliates are to promote your product. Higher gravity the better. What is gravity? It is a way of averaging the number of affiliate made sales per week per product. This doesn’t show the true number of sales, but it gives valuable insight regardless. Note: Gravity only reflects affiliate referred sales, not total sale. A book could sell well but have no affiliates and thus have zero gravity. What is a good average gravity? Anywhere from 2-5, and higher the better.

5. Are people advertising using Google Adwords in your given niche? If yes, most likely they are successfully selling materials. To test this, do a quick search in Google using your main keyword. If an ad or two for an information product appears in the right hand column, this is what you are looking for.

6. Now you want to do another search in Google, this time for your main keyword ” + forum.” Ideally you want to see at least two or three active forums on your topic ion the very first page of search results. Some forums will even show you the number of members they have and how many are currently logged in.

7. The next step is to do some keyword research. This will show you how many people are searching for information (searches per month) vs those providing (number of hits per search term.) Using Google’s free keyword research tool, enter your main search term and hit “Get Keyword Ideas.” The next window will show you 150 keywords (ideally) related to your root keyword. Sort by # searches per month and see what the total number of searches is for the top ten keywords. This shows you a snapshot of estimate internet demand for your topic. You want your main keyword to get anywhere from 5,000 searches on up. Collectively, the top ten keywords should get a similar number of total searches or more per month.

8. Now the trick is to look for viable keywords. I use Niche Profit Classroom’s MoneyWord Matrix Tool as this makes this process much faster. However, what you are looking for is a good ratio between number searches and number of hits. For every 1,000 searches you want no more than 10,000 hits. Ultimately you want ten to twenty good keywords with searches on the higher, rather than lower end. Collectively, the top ten keywords should get 5,000 or more total searches or more per month.

Of course, there’s more to it than that but this should get you started. Click here to learn more.

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Yaro Starak Membership Site Mastermind Review

Hi everyone, I have been meaning to put this post up for a while and since Yaro Starak is reopening the doors to his Membership Site Mastermind program next week, I thought this was good timing.

I know since you are here on my site, that you are interested in making money online by building niche websites and selling information products. However, if you ONLY focus on “one time” products sales, you are making a HUGE mistake. An example would be an ebook, audiobook, paid access to an online video collection, etc. Something that the customer only pays for once and then receives a single product.

Initially, these kinds of products can bring you a lot of money. Sales are typically high in the first few weeks…and then they settle down to a much lower amount as you and you affiliates move on to new projects.

In order to make more money for yourself and your site, you have to create NEW products and then begin marketing them all over again. This process can be exhausting.

While you can make good money from selling information products, better money than most bloggers and web site owners make – there is better money to be made by starting a membership web site.

The problems with this “traditional” method of website monetization are:

• You have to create and market a new product every time you want to make more money.
• You cannot predict how much money you will make every month. Some months you might make a lot, others, perhaps nothing at all.

Face it, if you want to quit your day job you are going to need regular, reliable income AND the free time to devote to new projects.

The Truth Is – Membership Sites WORK

Why is this?

Instead of being paid once, your customers pay you EVERY month.

You do not need to build your entire product or site 100% before you start selling. You can continue to flesh out your product while getting paid.

You create a single product and can sell it to multiple people without limit – without any annoying shipping fees.

Membership sites can be seamlessly integrated into any kind of online site including blogs and online websites/businesses.

You only need to promote your program when YOU want to make more money!

Membership Sites Will Earn MORE Money and Provide Stable, Constant Income

You may think – “But I don’t run a huge high profile blog or website – there’s no way this will work for me!” This is not true. Let me explain.

You only need a small number of your regular visitors or email subscribers to opt-in to make profit.

Say you want to “start small” and you decide to offer a $30 per month membership (and this would be VASTLY under estimating what most consumers are willing to pay) -

Example 1:  How To Make $100,000 per year with a “Entry-Level $30 per month Membership”

If you have a site that gets 150 visitors per day, that’s 4,500 visitors per month. If only 2% (90 people) of your visitors or email list members opt into your membership site you could earn  – $2,700 per month or $32,400 per year! And that’s ONE month’s worth of members! Imagine if you left membership open all year!

225 members - that’s $6750 per month and $81,000 per year!

450 members - that’s $13,500 per month and $162,000 per year!

Example 2 -  How To Make $100,000 per year with a  “Premium $500 per month Membership”

I know what you are thinking – “that’s crazy! No one would pay that!” But truthfully – people will IF you use your high price to position yourself as the BEST source in your market AND you deliver the goods.

All you would need is 17 members. That’s right, 17 members.

In fact, if you position your membership as being limited to only 17 people by adding an element of scarcity you are likely to INCREASE demand for your program.

My Review of Membership Site Mastermind

First of all, I’ve “known” Yaro for a while thanks to his very popular Internet Business blog Entrepreneur’s Journey.

What I like about Yaro, and the work he does, is the combination of honesty and quality. I never feel like Yaro is trying to take me for a ride. If he thinks a system doesn’t work – he tells you! Likewise, the quality of the writing and thought that Yaro produces on a daily basis – is really some of the best out there.

I think many people overlook the secrets to Yaro’s success – he keeps it simple. Yaro isn’t out there concocting complicated mathematical formulas, developing elaborate software, or anything else the average blogger or webmaster would need a PhD for – not at all!

Yaro is an example of what we can all do -find something you really enjoy, keep it simple, slowly turn it into a profitable business and when the time is right take the steps necessary to move up to the next level.

Additionally, Yaro isn’t some internet guy who can only “claim” his system works. Not at all! Yaro himself makes tons of money with his popular blog and even MORE money with his membership site “Blog Mastermind.”

This is where the Membership Site Masterplan program comes in.

Anyone who has a website, email newsletter, online business, or blog with readership should be considering starting a membership program.

Why? The money to work ratio is simply too good to pass by. With a membership program you only need a small percentage of your readers or clients to join in order to receive regular monthly checks! And face it, reoccuring income is what you really need to replace your day job.

Yaro discovered pretty quickly that the formula he developed for launching his own successful membership site, “Blog Mastermind,” also worked well for other people. In fact, one of Yaro’s first success stories was Daniel Scocco, (member of Yaro’s Blog Mastermind program)who runs the popular blog “Daily Blog Tips.com.” Using the step by step plan Yaro outlines, Daniel was able to launch an online business themed membership site titled “Online Profits.com.” In the first launch Daniel was able to attract 200 members in 5 days – at a monthly membership fee of $48 per month! That’s $9,600 for the first month and $57,600 for the entire 6 month program!

Don’t sell yourself short, you could do exactly the same thing using the principles outlined in Membership Site Mastermind!

So what do you get with the Membership Site Masterplan?

First of all, the program has recently be revamped in order to help members launch their sites and start making money faster than ever before. Six months of lessons have now been condensed into six weeks – however, remember – you can always work at your own pace (that’s always been the advantage of online learning anyways.)

Joining Yaro’s Membership Site Masterplan program gives you access to the following resources:

The entire Membership Site Masterplan guide – available in written and audio format. This allows you to have access to all the content you need in the format that works best for you. The Membership Site Masterplan is divided into six modules – each about two hours long (in audio format), and each module is divided into 30min sessions – perfect for one’s daily commute and short enough to prevent information overload.

The Membership Site Masterplan Contains Six Modules:

Module 1 – Selecting the Most Profitable Topic and Building Your Site’s Pre-eminence (how to be viewed as the top expert in your field)

Module 2 – Getting Traffic

Module 3 – The Technical Aspects of What You Need to Do (software, hosting, customer services, etc)

Module 4 – Developing Content and Setting Pricing

Module 5 – You’re There! Planing Your Launch!

Module 6 – After the Launch

Along with the resources above, you will get specific action oriented tasks to complete as you study the program. This will ensure that you can show measurable progress every step of the way. The goal is to have your membership site up and running as fast as you are comfortable.

Every week Yaro will host a live coaching call for all Membership Site Mastermind members. The topic of each week’s call will focus on the current week’s module. This is also your chance to ask Yaro questions directly regarding your own site or if you need additional clarification on the modules. If for some reason you are not able to make this weeks call, or if you want to refer to the conference call again – each coaching call is made available for later listening. This is a great feature as it can be all too easy to accidentally miss a session!

Bonus interviews with people running their own successful membership sites! Learn their secrets to success and how to avoid making beginner mistakes! Like the coaching calls, all interviews are available for download in MP3 and text format.

Membership Site Launch Guide – Many people feel nervous launching their membership sites for the first time. Its hard to know what to say and how to entice customers without turning them off. Yaro’s 96 page email launch guide will walk you through the exact steps Yaro himself followed (including the entire series of promo emails) when he launched his successful Blog Mastermind membership course (which also by the way, made him his first $100,000!)

AMember video training. AMember is probably the market leader in online membership software. This is definitely a resource you want to become familiar with. This AMemeber video training is hosted by Adam Short. Adam runs one of the most successful membership sites out there – Niche Profit Classroom (if you are looking for some quick ways to develop membership content for multiple niches, then this is a great resource for you!) Adam is a great teacher and runs great webinars. Expect to be walked through all the features and benefits of AMember with ease.

Free blog themes – using themes dramatically cuts down on the time you would otherwise spend designing a website! Great for bloggers but other online businesses too!

Private members-only support forum – Ask your questions and get them answered right way! Mix with more advanced students!

Now, launching a membership site is definitely hard work, but the results make it worth it! The price for Membership Site Mastermind is $297 per month and the program lasts from 3-4 months depending on what package you choose.

I know what you are thinking – “That’s expensive.” But here’s the deal – you are paying for a business that really works and honestly, it took a lot of hard work on Yaro’s part to figure this out to begin with, let alone set up a system to share it with you.

The truth is, you are not likely to make money online without investing SOME money in learning from people who have built successful models. You can spend years of your time always one step behind and never earning any money. Having access to a system that really works can make all the difference.

Oh, and there’s a “no questions asked” money back guarantee – so if you don’t like the program, or realize its just not for you – getting a refund from ClickBank is no big deal.

Unfortunately, due to Yaro’s high quality standards and desire to provide each member with a certain level of mentoring – capacity is limited. I know this sucks, but click here to get on the list now if you think a membership site could dramatically increase your blog, website, or online business’s monthly profits!

For more information you can also check out http://easy-membership-site-profits.com/

My Honest Review of Niche Profit Classroom

I haven’t always made websites – let alone niche web sites. In fact if you asked me a year ago if I would be creating content based websites that sell 60-100 page ebooks for a profit (on top of affiliate sales and advertising revenue) I would have thought that was impossible. But here I am and yes, that is exactly what I do.

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About a year ago I finally saw who I was and where I was going in life with clear vision and it made me very very angry. What was I doing with my life?!  Of course I have been angry like this before, but never before had I sought action. Usually I would drown my initial frustration in a) shopping b) icecream c) alcohol and then try to put it all out of my mind.

This time was different – this time I chose action. I said to myself “You will be out of this job in one year” and at that point I radically changed my behavior and pursued my goal of running my own internet business with…nothing less than fanatical obsession.I set aside all other interests and spent all of my time and money trying to figure out how to make money online. I really felt that was what I wanted to do and if other people could do it, why not me?

In that time I learned -

What NOT to Do

Such as – buy some crap product cobbled together in a couple days and then sold to some fool (me) for $99.

In my experience, the vast majority of Internet Marketing products – be that newsletters, ebooks, or membership sites – give you much less than you would expect and ALWAYS leave you with unanswered questions and knowledge gaps. How is x,y, and z  going to make you money anyways? Usually when you buy some kind of “Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed” type product from some so called internet guru you end up spending $99 for say five videos that look like they were put together in the span of an hour with an anemic pdf document to accompany (and yet, you bought it. How did that happen?)

The information is NOT effective. In fact, the person who “wrote” it probably never even made money online. Other times the information is credible but just so general you don’t really know where to get started. Oh but look, an action blueprint can be yours for only $199! If only you’d know before you laid out the $99 that you would need to spend an additional $199…

The system is too expensive, too time consuming, or both. If a system is going to work for you, it has to work within your budget – time and monetary. Anything else is just throwing money away. Lots of programs advertised possibly could work if you had thousands of dollars to put towards a Google pay-per-click campaign, but even then you have spent your hard earned money only to hope for success.

The process is so complicated or poorly explained or its only for the very experienced…who…probably don’t need the system or the money for that matter.

Lastly boring or dishonest. Do you really feel good endorsing products you haven’t used or you know don’t work? Is it REALLY interesting to write article after article about how to stop excessive sweating?

What DOES Work (for me and maybe you too)

Back in April I heard a podcast interview of Adam Short on Yaro Starak’s blog. This interview got me really excited as I was sure, finally, that this method would work. Everything he said made sense. But, I really didn’t want to spend any money (as I had been burned too many times before) and so instead I watched every single one of the free videos and took pages of notes.

This is the system-

You create an information rich website on a hobby topic of some kind being careful to pick a market with lots of interest but not too much competition (finding these markets is easier than you would think and can be done in under an hour by using a few popular web sites.)

You then create a product for visitors to buy (or pay to have someone create a product for you, or you could link to an affiliate product on the same topic – its up to you.) This is the point of your site. For example, if your site has lot of individual articles on marble collecting, then you also offer a downloadable book (or audio book) on marble collecting.

Instead of paying for traffic through Google’s pay per click search advertising program you use simple techniques (see the articles in the side bar) to bring visitors to your site for FREE.

Once visitors arrive at your site you get them to opt in to your email list where you offer a free mini course on your topic. This is key as most customers do not buy the first time and many will not remember to return otherwise. Your email mini course will then send the people on your list one email per day on a key tip related to your topic as well as gently encourage visitors to visit your sales page and buy your book.

That is pretty much it. Maybe it sounds crazy to you, but people really do buy ebooks – just go visit Clickbank’s Marketplace and look! Books on dog training, weight loss, and other topics sell like crazy!

I knew right away this was something I could do and do well.

Did I quit my job in a year? Well no, I still made mistakes along the way which have caused me to waste time, but I am making money.

Do the methods really work? Yes.

Is it really as cheap to maintain as claimed? Absolutely.

Let me breakdown my project expenses:

Cost of my monthly web hosting which allows unlimited domains? About $10 with HostGator.

Cost of my email autoresponder service – $20 per month with aWeber – allows unlimited email lists and unlimited messages to my list members. After your list grows to more than 500 people, your cost will go up by $10 and then remain the same until you exceed 2,500 members (at which point it might make more sense to flush your list…)

Cost of one domain name a little less than $10 with Name Cheap. Best deal out there.

Then in order to process payments you will need to open an account with either Clickbank or Paypal. Clickbank has the advantage of allowing you to set up affiliate marketing for your product, this can be well worth the one time cost of $50 to set up an account. Oherwise, you may prefer to get started with Paypal, is up to you.

Cost of graphics and website design – none! I use WordPress and a template from Niche Profit Classroom. This allows me to get sites up and ready to go in about an hour.

Cost of content – None. I write all content myself to keep costs low. In the future I will probably need to start outsourcing this as my project lists grow…

Side note: Hosting is included in the monthly fee (save you $10 per month) for Niche Profit Classroom but I prefer to keep ownership of this myself and so do not use this service.

And that’s it. $30 per month for reoccurring charges and $60 in one time charges for product creation. Not bad when you consider many profitable niche sites can make anywhere from $500 to $1500 per month when fully mature (a year or so, sometimes faster depending on the topic.) Don’t forget that you really only need to sell a few books per month to break even. This is the beauty of keeping costs so low! And you can always add more income by placing Google ads or promoting affiliate products!

Is Niche Profit Classroom a Good Product?

Ultimately I did end up joining Niche Profit Classroom as I wanted access to the proprietary software, free monthly niche packs (niche websites and email newsletters ready to post online and make you money), and online educational videos. I am still a member today because I continue to find the content helpful.

Niche Profit Classroom consistently exceeds expectations in many ways. The basic philosophy of making money without spending much money is one I can get behind. Adam and Alen show you how to find subjects that lots of people on the web are genuinely interested in but that there just aren’t a lot of competing sites. Using their guess free MoneyWord system allows you to position your new site (where you offer an eBook for sale) in Google’s top 10 without wasting money paying for traffic.

The quality of the 600 some video training modules is much higher than with other programs. The explanations and processes are dead simple and shown to you in real time using example or working websites. You never find yourself scrambling about what to do next. Oh, and they provide an action plan for free with each training module in case you still need it (I usually don’t.)

I find I really enjoy building my sales websites featuring a variety of hobbies I am interested in. My family makes fun of me but honestly, I really like writing about pets and tomatoes! The fact that I can actually make money doing something so simple and something that I enjoy – that’s the part I still can’t believe.

Take a Look for Yourself

When you first log in…

When you first log in to Niche Profit Classroom, you will get a splash screen – this is for the free Niche Profit Classroom Acceleration Program. The Acceleration Program is simply an additional educational “blueprint” that you can follow in order to get started making money and launching a site as quickly as possible. If you opt in to the 15-day email mini-course you will get a daily lesson with specific instructions to follow – all with the goal of getting your first site up in two weeks.

This type of program is great because its based around the idea of “If I could start over today, this is how I would do things.” I find this is so true. Over the months I have been working on niche marketing, I find my process has become much more streamlined and I have worked through many beginner “mistakes” on my own. I recommend opting in to this guided lesson first thing.

Here is a shot of the main landing page….

Across the top are ten menu options:

“NPC” – this always returns you to the main page

“Classroom” – This leads you to the area where all the online video modules are kept (keep reading to see more…)

“NPC Center” – This is a drop down menu that leads one to lots of useful resources like the monthly free niche website packs, the easy to use WordPress template for building niche websites, pre-recorded webinars, etc.

“Software” – This is where you go to access online (market analysis tool) and downloadable software like the MoneyWord Matrix software tool.

“Outsourcing” – Covers specific training on how to outsource the creation of niche websites while still maintaining quality and profit margins.

“Hosting” – Covers the free website hosting that comes with your membership.

“T-Capsule” – This is where you go to find past niche packs and other resources that were distributed to members during previous months or years.

“Community” – This leads to the forums.

“CP” - This is the Control Panel. If you save any data in the online software modules, you will find it here.

Look inside the Classroom module…

Across the top you will find 14 learning modules ranging from an “Introduction” through “Product Creation,” “Sales Letter,” “Website Building,” “Traffic” and “Profit Boosting” tactics. You can select any of these modules, then choose “Video Training” – this will launch a list of all videos available on the subject. In the left hand side of the window you will see playable video. Ideally you would watch videos in succession. Most modules have around ten videos or more. Usually the length is around 4 minutes each so it is easy to start and stop a video according to your schedule.

If nothing else, check out the free videos. Most of the information is presented so simply that you won’t even need the classroom membership.

In these videos you will learn the same techniques that I use to:

Create simple content websites that do not appear to be sales sites at all, yet regularly generate between $500 and $1500 per month while 100% on autopilot.

Get FREE targeted traffic that only grows over time by using the “MoneyWord Matrix.”

Funnel your site’s traffic into a silent sales machine that will get you a great conversion rate.

List building secrets that can generate cash on command…

Secrets to creating high quality information products for pennies on the dollar by using a little known two step process…

Set the whole system on autopilot that runs 24/7!

My Honest Review of Niche Profit Classroom

I haven’t always made websites – let alone niche web sites. In fact if you asked me a year ago if I would be creating content based websites that sell 60-100 page ebooks for a profit (on top of affiliate sales and advertising revenue) I would have thought that was impossible. But here I am and yes, that is exactly what I do.

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About a year ago I finally saw who I was and where I was going in life with clear vision and it made me very very angry. What was I doing with my life?!  Of course I have been angry like this before, but never before had I sought action. Usually I would drown my initial frustration in a) shopping b) icecream c) alcohol and then try to put it all out of my mind.

This time was different – this time I chose action. I said to myself “You will be out of this job in one year” and at that point I radically changed my behavior and pursued my goal of running my own internet business with…nothing less than fanatical obsession.I set aside all other interests and spent all of my time and money trying to figure out how to make money online. I really felt that was what I wanted to do and if other people could do it, why not me?

In that time I learned -

What NOT to Do

Such as – buy some crap product cobbled together in a couple days and then sold to some fool (me) for $99.

In my experience, the vast majority of Internet Marketing products – be that newsletters, ebooks, or membership sites – give you much less than you would expect and ALWAYS leave you with unanswered questions and knowledge gaps. How is x,y, and z  going to make you money anyways? Usually when you buy some kind of “Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed” type product from some so called internet guru you end up spending $99 for say five videos that look like they were put together in the span of an hour with an anemic pdf document to accompany (and yet, you bought it. How did that happen?)

The information is NOT effective. In fact, the person who “wrote” it probably never even made money online. Other times the information is credible but just so general you don’t really know where to get started. Oh but look, an action blueprint can be yours for only $199! If only you’d know before you laid out the $99 that you would need to spend an additional $199…

The system is too expensive, too time consuming, or both. If a system is going to work for you, it has to work within your budget – time and monetary. Anything else is just throwing money away. Lots of programs advertised possibly could work if you had thousands of dollars to put towards a Google pay-per-click campaign, but even then you have spent your hard earned money only to hope for success.

The process is so complicated or poorly explained or its only for the very experienced…who…probably don’t need the system or the money for that matter.

Lastly boring or dishonest. Do you really feel good endorsing products you haven’t used or you know don’t work? Is it REALLY interesting to write article after article about how to stop excessive sweating?

What DOES Work (for me and maybe you too)

Back in April I heard a podcast interview of Adam Short on Yaro Starak’s blog. This interview got me really excited as I was sure, finally, that this method would work. Everything he said made sense. But, I really didn’t want to spend any money (as I had been burned too many times before) and so instead I watched every single one of the free videos and took pages of notes.

This is the system-

You create an information rich website on a hobby topic of some kind being careful to pick a market with lots of interest but not too much competition (finding these markets is easier than you would think and can be done in under an hour by using a few popular web sites.)

You then create a product for visitors to buy (or pay to have someone create a product for you, or you could link to an affiliate product on the same topic – its up to you.) This is the point of your site. For example, if your site has lot of individual articles on marble collecting, then you also offer a downloadable book (or audio book) on marble collecting.

Instead of paying for traffic through Google’s pay per click search advertising program you use simple techniques (see the articles in the side bar) to bring visitors to your site for FREE.

Once visitors arrive at your site you get them to opt in to your email list where you offer a free mini course on your topic. This is key as most customers do not buy the first time and many will not remember to return otherwise. Your email mini course will then send the people on your list one email per day on a key tip related to your topic as well as gently encourage visitors to visit your sales page and buy your book.

That is pretty much it. Maybe it sounds crazy to you, but people really do buy ebooks – just go visit Clickbank’s Marketplace and look! Books on dog training, weight loss, and other topics sell like crazy!

I knew right away this was something I could do and do well.

Did I quit my job in a year? Well no, I still made mistakes along the way which have caused me to waste time, but I am making money.

Do the methods really work? Yes.

Is it really as cheap to maintain as claimed? Absolutely.

Let me breakdown my project expenses:

Cost of my monthly web hosting which allows unlimited domains? About $10 with HostGator.

Cost of my email autoresponder service – $20 per month with aWeber – allows unlimited email lists and unlimited messages to my list members. After your list grows to more than 500 people, your cost will go up by $10 and then remain the same until you exceed 2,500 members (at which point it might make more sense to flush your list…)

Cost of one domain name a little less than $10 with Name Cheap. Best deal out there.

Then in order to process payments you will need to open an account with either Clickbank or Paypal. Clickbank has the advantage of allowing you to set up affiliate marketing for your product, this can be well worth the one time cost of $50 to set up an account. Oherwise, you may prefer to get started with Paypal, is up to you.

Cost of graphics and website design – none! I use WordPress and a template from Niche Profit Classroom. This allows me to get sites up and ready to go in about an hour.

Cost of content – None. I write all content myself to keep costs low. In the future I will probably need to start outsourcing this as my project lists grow…

Side note: Hosting is included in the monthly fee (save you $10 per month) for Niche Profit Classroom but I prefer to keep ownership of this myself and so do not use this service.

And that’s it. $30 per month for reoccurring charges and $60 in one time charges for product creation. Not bad when you consider many profitable niche sites can make anywhere from $500 to $1500 per month when fully mature (a year or so, sometimes faster depending on the topic.) Don’t forget that you really only need to sell a few books per month to break even. This is the beauty of keeping costs so low! And you can always add more income by placing Google ads or promoting affiliate products!

Is Niche Profit Classroom a Good Product?

Ultimately I did end up joining Niche Profit Classroom as I wanted access to the proprietary software, free monthly niche packs (niche websites and email newsletters ready to post online and make you money), and online educational videos. I am still a member today because I continue to find the content helpful.

Niche Profit Classroom consistently exceeds expectations in many ways. The basic philosophy of making money without spending much money is one I can get behind. Adam and Alen show you how to find subjects that lots of people on the web are genuinely interested in but that there just aren’t a lot of competing sites. Using their guess free MoneyWord system allows you to position your new site (where you offer an eBook for sale) in Google’s top 10 without wasting money paying for traffic.

The quality of the 600 some video training modules is much higher than with other programs. The explanations and processes are dead simple and shown to you in real time using example or working websites. You never find yourself scrambling about what to do next. Oh, and they provide an action plan for free with each training module in case you still need it (I usually don’t.)

I find I really enjoy building my sales websites featuring a variety of hobbies I am interested in. My family makes fun of me but honestly, I really like writing about pets and tomatoes! The fact that I can actually make money doing something so simple and something that I enjoy – that’s the part I still can’t believe.

Take a Look for Yourself

When you first log in…

When you first log in to Niche Profit Classroom, you will get a splash screen – this is for the free Niche Profit Classroom Acceleration Program. The Acceleration Program is simply an additional educational “blueprint” that you can follow in order to get started making money and launching a site as quickly as possible. If you opt in to the 15-day email mini-course you will get a daily lesson with specific instructions to follow – all with the goal of getting your first site up in two weeks.

This type of program is great because its based around the idea of “If I could start over today, this is how I would do things.” I find this is so true. Over the months I have been working on niche marketing, I find my process has become much more streamlined and I have worked through many beginner “mistakes” on my own. I recommend opting in to this guided lesson first thing.

Here is a shot of the main landing page….

Across the top are ten menu options:

“NPC” – this always returns you to the main page

“Classroom” – This leads you to the area where all the online video modules are kept (keep reading to see more…)

“NPC Center” – This is a drop down menu that leads one to lots of useful resources like the monthly free niche website packs, the easy to use WordPress template for building niche websites, pre-recorded webinars, etc.

“Software” – This is where you go to access online (market analysis tool) and downloadable software like the MoneyWord Matrix software tool.

“Outsourcing” – Covers specific training on how to outsource the creation of niche websites while still maintaining quality and profit margins.

“Hosting” – Covers the free website hosting that comes with your membership.

“T-Capsule” – This is where you go to find past niche packs and other resources that were distributed to members during previous months or years.

“Community” – This leads to the forums.

“CP” - This is the Control Panel. If you save any data in the online software modules, you will find it here.

Look inside the Classroom module…

Across the top you will find 14 learning modules ranging from an “Introduction” through “Product Creation,” “Sales Letter,” “Website Building,” “Traffic” and “Profit Boosting” tactics. You can select any of these modules, then choose “Video Training” – this will launch a list of all videos available on the subject. In the left hand side of the window you will see playable video. Ideally you would watch videos in succession. Most modules have around ten videos or more. Usually the length is around 4 minutes each so it is easy to start and stop a video according to your schedule.

If nothing else, check out the free videos. Most of the information is presented so simply that you won’t even need the classroom membership.

In these videos you will learn the same techniques that I use to:

Create simple content websites that do not appear to be sales sites at all, yet regularly generate between $500 and $1500 per month while 100% on autopilot.

Get FREE targeted traffic that only grows over time by using the “MoneyWord Matrix.”

Funnel your site’s traffic into a silent sales machine that will get you a great conversion rate.

List building secrets that can generate cash on command…

Secrets to creating high quality information products for pennies on the dollar by using a little known two step process…

Set the whole system on autopilot that runs 24/7!

Niche Profit Classroom vs Niche Blueprint 2.0

I get many emails per day asking me how Niche Profit Classroom compares to Niche Blueprint 2.0. Here’s how I would explain it.

Both Niche Profit Classroom and Niche Blueprint 2.0 focus on teaching users how to make money online using a niche approach – which is just a fancy way of saying that you would focus your online business on providing a product or service to a profitable segment of a larger market (example – focusing your site around a specific cat breed and their unique needs instead of a site devoted just to cats.)

Niche Profit Classroom focuses on teaching people new to niche and internet marketing. The classroom approach in uniquely high quality, super simple, and easy to understand. I think the simple yet detailed way information is presented to users is probably the best selling point of this membership site. Because the information and action steps are simple and made very clear, even a complete novice can start building their site in a matter of days.

The focus of the method taught by Niche Profit Classroom is building simple content based web site (much easier now that a free template was made available to members – this has worked very well for me) that runs on autopilots while selling  information products such as ebooks, audiobooks, or online videos. The idea is to build the site to a point where it is bringing in $500-$1500 or more per month, and then moving on to replicate the method for a new site – which you are able to do because you have taken the time to automate the site (using email autoresponders, etc.)

Unlike other programs Niche Profit Classroom focuses on search engine optimization techniques and article marketing/link building to bring in free organic traffic – not expensive pay-per-click advertising. To help classroom mmebers with this process Niche Profit Classroom makes keyword analysis software available to their members.

To get more on an insider’s view of Niche Profit Classroom click here to gain access to five free training videos. These videos are not just quick little promo blips but rather 20 minute courses that provide tons of actionable information. Be sure not to miss out on this free resource!

In many ways, Niche Blueprint 2.0 is very similar to Niche Profit Classroom in that there is also a video classroom and a variety of automated proprietary tools that make building a profitable online business easier (such as market research software, targeted keyword analysis, premade professional website templates, etc.)

The main difference between the two systems appears to be that Niche Profit Classroom focuses on information products (products that your user will download and read, listen to, or watch) and Niche Blueprint focuses on selling actual products through your niche website via online companies that handle the entire transaction for you while leaving you a share of the profits.

I would say my main criticism of the system is its relative expense and at the end of the day I am not sure online tools like Article Blueprint (article rewriting and submitting software) are really valuable or even necessary – but that decision is up to you.

If creating online niche based stores appeals to you, then be sure to check out Niche Blueprint via this link and watch the main video for more information.

Niche Profit Classroom Video Reviews

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My Honest Review of Niche Profit Classroom

I haven’t always made websites – let alone niche web sites. In fact if you asked me a year ago if I would be creating content based websites that sell 60-100 page ebooks for a profit (on top of affiliate sales and advertising revenue) I would have thought that was impossible. But here I am and yes, that is exactly what I do.

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About a year ago I finally saw who I was and where I was going in life with clear vision and it made me very very angry. What was I doing with my life?!  Of course I have been angry like this before, but never before had I sought action. Usually I would drown my initial frustration in a) shopping b) icecream c) alcohol and then try to put it all out of my mind.

This time was different – this time I chose action. I said to myself “You will be out of this job in one year” and at that point I radically changed my behavior and pursued my goal of running my own internet business with…nothing less than fanatical obsession.I set aside all other interests and spent all of my time and money trying to figure out how to make money online. I really felt that was what I wanted to do and if other people could do it, why not me?

In that time I learned -

What NOT to Do

Such as – buy some crap product cobbled together in a couple days and then sold to some fool (me) for $99.

In my experience, the vast majority of Internet Marketing products – be that newsletters, ebooks, or membership sites – give you much less than you would expect and ALWAYS leave you with unanswered questions and knowledge gaps. How is x,y, and z  going to make you money anyways? Usually when you buy some kind of “Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed” type product from some so called internet guru you end up spending $99 for say five videos that look like they were put together in the span of an hour with an anemic pdf document to accompany (and yet, you bought it. How did that happen?)

The information is NOT effective. In fact, the person who “wrote” it probably never even made money online. Other times the information is credible but just so general you don’t really know where to get started. Oh but look, an action blueprint can be yours for only $199! If only you’d know before you laid out the $99 that you would need to spend an additional $199…

The system is too expensive, too time consuming, or both. If a system is going to work for you, it has to work within your budget – time and monetary. Anything else is just throwing money away. Lots of programs advertised possibly could work if you had thousands of dollars to put towards a Google pay-per-click campaign, but even then you have spent your hard earned money only to hope for success.

The process is so complicated or poorly explained or its only for the very experienced…who…probably don’t need the system or the money for that matter.

Lastly boring or dishonest. Do you really feel good endorsing products you haven’t used or you know don’t work? Is it REALLY interesting to write article after article about how to stop excessive sweating?

What DOES Work (for me and maybe you too)

Back in April I heard a podcast interview of Adam Short on Yaro Starak’s blog. This interview got me really excited as I was sure, finally, that this method would work. Everything he said made sense. But, I really didn’t want to spend any money (as I had been burned too many times before) and so instead I watched every single one of the free videos and took pages of notes.

This is the system-

You create an information rich website on a hobby topic of some kind being careful to pick a market with lots of interest but not too much competition (finding these markets is easier than you would think and can be done in under an hour by using a few popular web sites.)

You then create a product for visitors to buy (or pay to have someone create a product for you, or you could link to an affiliate product on the same topic – its up to you.) This is the point of your site. For example, if your site has lot of individual articles on marble collecting, then you also offer a downloadable book (or audio book) on marble collecting.

Instead of paying for traffic through Google’s pay per click search advertising program you use simple techniques (see the articles in the side bar) to bring visitors to your site for FREE.

Once visitors arrive at your site you get them to opt in to your email list where you offer a free mini course on your topic. This is key as most customers do not buy the first time and many will not remember to return otherwise. Your email mini course will then send the people on your list one email per day on a key tip related to your topic as well as gently encourage visitors to visit your sales page and buy your book.

That is pretty much it. Maybe it sounds crazy to you, but people really do buy ebooks – just go visit Clickbank’s Marketplace and look! Books on dog training, weight loss, and other topics sell like crazy!

I knew right away this was something I could do and do well.

Did I quit my job in a year? Well no, I still made mistakes along the way which have caused me to waste time, but I am making money.

Do the methods really work? Yes.

Is it really as cheap to maintain as claimed? Absolutely.

Let me breakdown my project expenses:

Cost of my monthly web hosting which allows unlimited domains? About $10 with HostGator.

Cost of my email autoresponder service – $20 per month with aWeber – allows unlimited email lists and unlimited messages to my list members. After your list grows to more than 500 people, your cost will go up by $10 and then remain the same until you exceed 2,500 members (at which point it might make more sense to flush your list…)

Cost of one domain name a little less than $10 with Name Cheap. Best deal out there.

Then in order to process payments you will need to open an account with either Clickbank or Paypal. Clickbank has the advantage of allowing you to set up affiliate marketing for your product, this can be well worth the one time cost of $50 to set up an account. Otherwise, you may prefer to get started with Paypal, is up to you.

Cost of graphics and website design – none! I use WordPress and a template from Niche Profit Classroom. This allows me to get sites up and ready to go in about an hour.

Cost of content – None. I write all content myself to keep costs low. In the future I will probably need to start outsourcing this as my project lists grow…

Side note: Hosting is included in the monthly fee (save you $10 per month) for Niche Profit Classroom but I prefer to keep ownership of this myself and so do not use this service.

And that’s it. $30 per month for reoccurring charges and $60 in one time charges for product creation. Not bad when you consider many profitable niche sites can make anywhere from $500 to $1500 per month when fully mature (a year or so, sometimes faster depending on the topic.) Don’t forget that you really only need to sell a few books per month to break even. This is the beauty of keeping costs so low! And you can always add more income by placing Google ads or promoting affiliate products!

Is Niche Profit Classroom a Good Product?

Ultimately I did end up joining Niche Profit Classroom as I wanted access to the proprietary software, free monthly niche packs (niche websites and email newsletters ready to post online and make you money), and online educational videos. I am still a member today because I continue to find the content helpful.

Niche Profit Classroom consistently exceeds expectations in many ways. The basic philosophy of making money without spending much money is one I can get behind. Adam and Alen show you how to find subjects that lots of people on the web are genuinely interested in but that there just aren’t a lot of competing sites. Using their guess free MoneyWord system allows you to position your new site (where you offer an eBook for sale) in Google’s top 10 without wasting money paying for traffic.

The quality of the 600 some video training modules is much higher than with other programs. The explanations and processes are dead simple and shown to you in real time using example or working websites. You never find yourself scrambling about what to do next. Oh, and they provide an action plan for free with each training module in case you still need it (I usually don’t.)

I find I really enjoy building my sales websites featuring a variety of hobbies I am interested in. My family makes fun of me but honestly, I really like writing about pets and tomatoes! The fact that I can actually make money doing something so simple and something that I enjoy – that’s the part I still can’t believe.

Take a Look for Yourself

When you first log in…

When you first log in to Niche Profit Classroom, you will get a splash screen – this is for the free Niche Profit Classroom Acceleration Program. The Acceleration Program is simply an additional educational “blueprint” that you can follow in order to get started making money and launching a site as quickly as possible. If you opt in to the 15-day email mini-course you will get a daily lesson with specific instructions to follow – all with the goal of getting your first site up in two weeks.

This type of program is great because its based around the idea of “If I could start over today, this is how I would do things.” I find this is so true. Over the months I have been working on niche marketing, I find my process has become much more streamlined and I have worked through many beginner “mistakes” on my own. I recommend opting in to this guided lesson first thing.

Here is a shot of the main landing page….

Across the top are ten menu options:

“NPC” – this always returns you to the main page

“Classroom” – This leads you to the area where all the online video modules are kept (keep reading to see more…)

“NPC Center” – This is a drop down menu that leads one to lots of useful resources like the monthly free niche website packs, the easy to use WordPress template for building niche websites, pre-recorded webinars, etc.

“Software” – This is where you go to access online (market analysis tool) and downloadable software like the MoneyWord Matrix software tool.

“Outsourcing” – Covers specific training on how to outsource the creation of niche websites while still maintaining quality and profit margins.

“Hosting” – Covers the free website hosting that comes with your membership.

“T-Capsule” – This is where you go to find past niche packs and other resources that were distributed to members during previous months or years.

“Community” – This leads to the forums.

“CP” - This is the Control Panel. If you save any data in the online software modules, you will find it here.

Look inside the Classroom module…

Across the top you will find 14 learning modules ranging from an “Introduction” through “Product Creation,” “Sales Letter,” “Website Building,” “Traffic” and “Profit Boosting” tactics. You can select any of these modules, then choose “Video Training” – this will launch a list of all videos available on the subject. In the left hand side of the window you will see playable video. Ideally you would watch videos in succession. Most modules have around ten videos or more. Usually the length is around 4 minutes each so it is easy to start and stop a video according to your schedule.

If nothing else, check out the free videos. Most of the information is presented so simply that you won’t even need the classroom membership.

In these videos you will learn the same techniques that I use to:

Create simple content websites that do not appear to be sales sites at all, yet regularly generate between $500 and $1500 per month while 100% on autopilot.

Get FREE targeted traffic that only grows over time by using the “MoneyWord Matrix.”

Funnel your site’s traffic into a silent sales machine that will get you a great conversion rate.

List building secrets that can generate cash on command…

Secrets to creating high quality information products for pennies on the dollar by using a little known two step process…

Set the whole system on autopilot that runs 24/7!